Polling for 10 MLC seats on March 12

Hyderabad, Feb 18 (INN): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday released schedule for the conduct of elections to fill 10 seats of Legislative Councils in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States, to be elected by MLAs.

The term of 5 MLCs each from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will end on March 29. They are Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy, Mohammed Ali Shabbir, T. Santosh Kumar, Mohammed Saleem and Mohd Mahmood Ali of Telangana and P. Narayana, Lakshmi Siva Kumari Anguri, Pamidi Samanthakamani, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu and A. Appa Rao of Andhra Pradesh.

The notification for elections for these 10 seats will be issued on February 21 and the last date to submit the nominations will be February 28. The nominations will be scrutinised on March 1. The last date for withdrawal of candidature will be 5th March. Polling will be held on 12th March from 9 AM to 4 PM and counting of votes will take place from 5 PM onwards.